Transition Planning for Banks: 12 Tips for Board Directors
As regulators set higher expectations, financial institutions must move toward rigorous, quantifiable, and operationally embedded transition plans. For boards, this is an opportunity to strengthen risk management and ensure long-term business resilience in the face of complex challenges.
Finding pathways into nature for business
Karen Ellis, Chief Economist at WWF-UK and speaker at Chapter Zero events, says that boards are looking for pathways to help them integrate nature into their transition plans. While the big picture is clear – we must move towards creating a nature-positive economy as a society – how to incorporate this thinking into individual company […]
Transition planning – a guide for directors
Transition planning is about the repositioning and transformation of the business model and strategy in response to climate-related risks and opportunities. It’s the internal process that will enable the business to operate, generate sustainable revenue, protect its assets, and finance itself in a low-emissions, climate-resilient future. Rather than being a standalone document, transition planning both […]
Transition planning: a global outlook for board directors
Key messages for board directors Transition plans provide comprehensive information on the strategies (technical, financial, governance, etc.) that an organisation will follow to achieve its net zero targets and contribute towards a climate-resilient economy. These must be credible, include interim goals and be transparent to stakeholders. Board directors play an important role in setting ambitious […]
Chapter Zero’s Transition Planning Toolkit
The private sector is witnessing a shift towards establishing, not only the goals, but the actions that are vital for its transition to net zero. Transition Plans outline those actions. This toolkit, created by Chapter Zero provides guidance to board directors in taking the first steps to develop a credible transition plan. View the original […]
Smurfit Kappa: A joined-up approach to climate and sustainability strategy
Global packaging leader Smurfit Kappa is dealing with increased demand for its products while also steering the business towards net zero by 2050. The FTSE 100 company was awarded five stars by Support the Goals in recognition of its support for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and was the first in its sector to […]
What does the latest IPCC report mean for board directors?
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) provides an overview of the latest scientific knowledge on climate change. The Climate Governance Initiative has analysed this latest IPCC report and developed key recommendations for board directors leading their businesses through climate transition. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on […]
Executive Compensation Guidebook for Climate Transition
This guidebook, produced by WTW and the Climate Governance Initiative, explores how boards can drive climate strategy by meaningfully embedding it within executive compensation frameworks. As organisations acknowledge the need to transition to a net zero business model, investors expect board members not only to drive the adoption of a credible climate transition strategy, but […]
Principles for Effective Climate Governance
The purpose of the Principles is to propose tools that can be useful for the board of directors to steer climate risks and opportunities, increase directors’ climate awareness, embed climate issues into board structures and processes and improve navigation of the risks and opportunities that climate change poses to business. The links between climate change […]
